Artists have been under-represented in the past, where art was just considered a hobby or a 'nice to have', but not as a career and this does not have to be true unless that is the reality you choose.
Your art and ideas are here for a reason. As an Art Therapist, I know that art is a human basic need, one that heals and takes a role in the persons personal development. It may be that art accompanies you because you love it, you create it for yourself, it may what keeps you sane or that keeps you happy.
It could be that art for you is a healing process, or started as one. Art does not have to become a business, but it al depends on how you want to live your life, how your soul wants you to live your life. Only you know that.
If you daydream yourself away into thinking about being a full time artist and leaving your job, then that is a sign that your soul is yearning for that and has the potential to do that.
There is no reason why you shouldn't be able to create a business with it.
Business is really a give and receive contract, that stands through a relationship.
Business is not bad, money is not bad. Business does require responsibility, but as I said earlier it is also a path that pushes you to be more of who you are meant to be, who you already are inside. There is no need to keep yourself small, because if you do, if you wish you could but don't then it is because you have limiting beliefs about yourself and your potential and talents and a lack of trust.
All that can be worked on!
Aswell, a big factor for artists not to try can be that we don't naturally carry the Business Know How most often, which is necessary to attain when you want to make a business out of your creativity. But it is only something you can learnt and get better at, if you don't start you won't ever learn that.
That is why I wanted to create something more for you to create in your own time, without needing to invest a lot of money, but something that can help you create those foundational settings you need, where you feel a bit lost with.
You see it is not your fault, Art and business never were naturally matched and as kids we were usually not shown how to be the artists and creators of our lives, (entrepreneurs in their world) and especially not with their art, plus the interests for an artist is with the art and the musings of the world, rather than being business oriented by interest, but rather about enjoyment, expression and communication.
That doesn't mean, the Business side cannot be learnt to a certain degree and even mastered, and with some form of structure and goal orientation and ESPECIALLY passion and persistence, an Artist can successfully run a Business. BUT You have to dissolve your internal obstacles! The quicker you attend them the quicker you are able to succeed with the Business side of things.
The society we knew till date, taught us to choose a job that pays the bills and choose that job until we die. We are also taught that if you love something you shouldn't get paid for it 'because that is unethical'.
I know that you may already know this inside, but let me spell it out for you...: THAT IS WRONG!
We have been fooled all along! It is not the way life has to be! In the industrial revolution, it became the norm to have long days for minimal wages. People were given job that didn't have jobs before, but also people who had home offices until then, all of a sudden worked in big factories, the rich got richer and big companies created monetary breakthroughs because of the industrialisation, where machines started doing the work that before individual people did.
Now, before it was innately ingrained that you had your own business, industrialisation changed this and this became a norm, but again it doesn't mean you can't step out of that reality and make something of your own.
The subconscious information we have been fed and been conditioned with causes internal struggles for many artists and people around the world.
That is why it is powerful to attend the Subconscious mind! And as Artists, you know there is no better way than Art to show you your internal world!
There are still many places around the world where people judge other people for pursuing a career in the arts, nevertheless go out to create your own business!
It's absolutely crazy!
Either, artists wanting to make a career with their art are 'sell-outs' or they will be 'starving'! 'Art is not a career!' Ever heard that? Some people even laughed at the idea.
But let me tell you all of the above is changing!
The Consciousness Shift we have been experiencing is the era for artists rising!
People that judge artists as sell outs judge because of their own pain of not self actualizing with their passion, sometimes it is a fear that keeps them from doing what they love and then they judge other people for doing what they subconsciously would want for themselves.
The Starving Artist Mentality is also tied to that, BECAUSE of people fearing to go for what they would love to do, they either don't do it and then try to prove that others also can't do it OR they try it half-heartedly and stop because they didn't follow through and then want to prove others that it doesn't work because it didn't work for them!
Now I am not saying that life doesn't come in the way and diverts people from pursuing their dreams sometimes, because it does happen, life gets in the way, something painful can happen and the energy then drifts away focusing on the situation that has arisen, which is also part of the souls path.
BUT I am here to remind you that you can still change things around IF IT TRULY CALLS YOU and decide to live the life you desire! As long as you are alive you have a chance!
Let me tell you, the amount of belief systems people have internalized as if they were true and don't question them is massive! But once you understand that this exists, that you can change those beliefs that are limiting you in your life choices, you have the power!
